Reps urges recruitment of 100,000 soldiers to tackle insurgencyNigeria — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

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The House of Representatives has called on the authorities to recruit additional 100,000 soldiers as part of -going effort to tackle insecurity in the country.

The decision followed the adoption of the report of the Mr Abdulrazak Namdas led committee on Army which proved into the recent attack by Boko Haram Insurgents at Auno Village in Borno State.

Namdas while presenting the report noted: “The Federal Government should, as a matter of national emergency, empower the Nigerian Army to recruit additional one hundred thousand (100,000) soldiers to make up for the shortfall in manpower–the same way it did during the civil war.

“We believe this can be achieved, given the huge number of unemployed youths that are available and ready to enlist into the Army. The training ground for a such number of recruits should be increased and fully equipped with necessary training facilities, in addition to what we have at Zaria Depot, which is currently the only place where recruits in…



Source: Guardian Newspaper